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Nintendo has revealed some more projects being worked on by development legend Shigeru Miyamoto. Two games were shown off at Nintendo’s Treehouse Live event – Project Giant Robot and Project Guard. The first sees gamers playing as – you guessed it – giant robots and fighting one another. Project Guard …
Read More »Nintendo reveals new 3DS game Code Name: Steam
Nintendo has announced a brand new game for the 3DS. Entitled Code Name: Steam, it is a turn-based strategy game developed by Intelligent Systems – the studio behind the Fire Emblem and Advance Wars series. Hitoshi Yamagami, who has worked on Fire Emblem, Pokmon and Xenoblade, is also involved in …
Read More »E3 could switch venue in 2016
LA Convention Center ‘no longer a top-tier property’. E3 could move away from its Los Angeles home in 2016, according to the president of the event’s organiser the Entertainment Software Association. As reported by CNBC, Michael Gallagher said that the LA Convention Center is no longer a top-tier property” for …
Read More »Devil’s Third now a Wii U exclusive
Hack and slash title Devil’s Third is going to be exclusive to Nintendo’s Wii U. This was revealed by the game’s creator Tomonobu Itagaki during IGN’s E3 livestream. Devil’s Third is being developed by Valhalla Game Studios and was originally to be published for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC …
Read More »E3 2014: Nintendo news roundup – a strong showing, but enough to save Wii U?
In some ways it was a shame Nintendo didn’t take to the E3 stage in person tonight as that was its best E3 showing for some time. But whereas both Sony and Microsoft are tasked with building the strong bases enjoyed by PS4 and Xbox One, Nintendo’s challenge is different …
Read More »NINTENDO: Online shooter Splatoon revealed for Wii U
The 8-player online paint ‘em up is coming to Wii U next year. Splatoon is an online team-based shooter, which has players battle for territories on any given map. But Splatoon isn’t the typical shooter as players duel it out with massive weapons that shoot paint, which certainly makes for …
Read More »NINTENDO: Mario Maker level creator confirmed
Nintendo has officially confirmed previously leaked title Mario Maker. It allows gamers to create custom levels for Mario to navigate. Presumably these will be sharable online, although little in the way of specific functionality has been confirmed as of yet. The game uses a host of assets familiar to fans …
Read More »NINTENDO: Bayonetta 2 coming October, includes Bayonetta 1
Bayonetta 2 at last has a release date on Wii U. The game will be released in October, but that’s not where the good news ends. The SKU will actually include a port of the first game, too. Also pictured was a game mode using a Link skin from the …
Read More »NINTENDO: Open-world Zelda game confirmed for 2015
A new Legend of Zelda game is coming next year. Footage of the title was shown off during Nintendo’s E3 digital presentation. Few details of the game were revealed other than that it’s an open-world experience and dated for a 2015 release. A large draw distance were amongst the impressive …
Read More »NINTENDO: Yoshi’s Woolly World confirmed for Wii U
Yoshi’s Woolly World is on the way to Wii U. The game promises a friendlier, more accessible experience than that offered by Mario’s platformers. Visually it draws on the theme of yarn and wool, giving everything a very soft and texture rich look. The platform holder says players will be …
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